f§7 broken in upon and forced to retreat. Sir Bafcoû de Marneii with feveral others were flain. Sir Ceoffry de Rouflillon was made prifoner by fir A?mon de Pommiers. The banner of the capta! ^was immediately feized : and thofe who defended it were either killed, taken, or had retreated fo far that there was no news of them. ' Whilli the banner of the captai, was thus con-quered, torn and dragged upon the ground by the Gafcons, the Bretons, the French, the Picards, the Normans and Burgundians were moft valiantly fighting • in another part of the field ; and well it behoved them fo to do, for the Navarrois had made them retreat. Among the French, there was already killed the vifcount de Beaumont ; the more the pity, for he was a young kriight, well formed to do great things. His people, to their great forrow, had carried him out of the battle, and guarded him, as I have heard related, by thofe of both fides. Nor one had ever feen a battle, with the like number of combatants, fo well fought as this was ; for they were all on foot, and combated hand to • hand, intermixing with each other, and ftriving for viftory with the arms they ufed, and, in particular, with thofe battle-axes which gave fuch aftoniihingly fatal blows. Sir Petiton de Courton and the fouldich de la ' Trane were forely wounded, infomuch that they could do no fervice during the remainder of the day. Sir John Jouel, by whom the combat began, and who had moft courageoufly attacked and fought the French, performed, that day, many very gallant feats of arms, and never deigned once t6 re-